Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation Series 1 episode guide

Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation

TV comedy
BBC One
2020
6 episodes (1 series)

Jack Whitehall celebrates the UK's greatest sporting moments.

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Series 1

1. It's Coming Home

Friday 10^th July 2020

Jack celebrates Britain's finest sporting moments and achievements to have taken place on home soil, asking why it is that when the United Kingdom hosts a major sports event the whole world stops to watch - and why holding a international tournament in our own backyard brings the very best out of us as a nation.

2. The Hero's Journey

Friday 17^th July 2020

Armchair fan Jack turns his comedic sights on Britain's attitude towards its sporting heroes, examining the delight the nation takes in building its sports stars up, as well as bringing them crashing down again.

3. Cult of the Underdog

Friday 24^th July 2020

Jack takes a comedic sprint through British sport's greatest underdog moments, from Leicester City's incredible Premier League win in 2016 and Kelly Holmes' double Olympic triumph in 2004, to a certain Northern Irish snooker player with odd-looking glasses whose World Championship victory gripped the nation in 1985.

4. Class

Friday 31^st July 2020

Jack irreverently examines how class is woven into the DNA of British sport and how breaking its social boundaries can lead to incredible drama. Focusing on the fierce athletic rivalry of Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, Fred Perry taking on the Wimbledon establishment and Andrew Flintoff destroying the Australians at the 2005 Ashes, British sport may well start divided, but has the ability to bring the nation together.

5. Best of Enemies

Friday 7^th August 2020

Jack Whitehall celebrates the greatest rivalries in British sport, from Scotland's 'Auld Enemy' to the Ashes and England's rugby World Cup win in Australia.

6. Glorious Failure

Friday 14^th August 2020

Jack Whitehall takes a light-hearted look at Britain's most glorious sporting failures, such as Welsh World Cup rugby, Derek Remond's hamstring and the truly unique Eddie the Eagle.

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